Computer Design and Architecture, 1985, 1985

Document Type: Textbook (Technical).

Purpose: Training and Education.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope (from Preface): "Books on digital systems architecture fall into four categories: logic design books that cover the hardware logic design in detail but fail to provide the details of computer hardware design; books on computer organization that deal with the computer hardware from a programmer's point of view; books on computer hardware design that are suitable for an electrical engineering course in hardware design; and books on computer systems architecture that are very high level treatments of computer architecture with no detailed treatment of hardware design. I have tried to gather the important attributes of the four categories of books to come up with a comprehensive text on hardware and software aspects of digital computers."

Contents (from Table of Contents): Introduction: Computer System Components 1. Combinational Logic 2. Sequential Circuits 3. Memory and Storage 4. Computer Organization and Programming 5. Design of a Simple Computer 6. Practical Architectures 7. Input/Output (I/O) 8. Advanced Architectures Appendix A. Number Systems and Codes B. Minimization of Boolean Functions C. Hardware Description Languages (HDL) Index